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EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION REQUIRED BY RULE 13a-14(a) OR RULE 15d-14(a) AND UNDER SECTION
302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002.

         I, Mark Diamond, certify that:

                  1.       I have reviewed this amendment to the annual report
of SED International Holdings, Inc. on Form 10-K/A.;

                  2.       Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under
which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this report;

                  3.       Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and
other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows
of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

                  4.       The registrant's other certifying officer and I are
responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures
(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control
over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and
15d-15(f))for the registrant and have:

                           (a)      Designed such disclosure controls and
procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed
under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by
others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this
report is being prepared;

                           (b)      Designed such internal control over
financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting
to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding
the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial
statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles;

                           (c)      Evaluated the effectiveness of the
registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report
our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such
evaluation; and

                           (d)      Disclosed in this report any change in the
registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the
registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003)
that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

                  5.       The registrant's other certifying officer and I have
disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of
the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions):

                           (a)      All significant deficiencies and material
weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial
reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's
ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

                           (b)      Any fraud, whether or not material, that
involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the
registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

         Dated: October 28, 2003


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                                    /s/ Mark Diamond
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                                    Mark Diamond
                                    President &Chief Executive Officer
                                    (Principal Executive Officer)