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                                                                    EXHIBIT 31.1

                                  CERTIFICATION

I, John F. Fisbeck, Chief Executive Officer, certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Fortune Diversified
     Industries, Incorporated;

2.   Based on my knowledge, this quarterly 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 quarterly report;

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

4.   Fortune Diversified Industries, Inc.'s other certifying officer and I are
     responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
     procedures (as defined in Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
     15d-15(e)) for Fortune Diversified Industries, Inc. 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
               Fortune Diversified Industries, Inc., including its consolidated
               subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
               entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly
               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 Fortune Diversified Industries,
               Inc.'s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this
               quarterly report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the
               disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period
               covered by this quarterly report based on such evaluation; and

          d)   disclosed in this report any change in Fortune Diversified
               Industries, Inc.'s internal control over financial reporting that
               occurred during the most recent fiscal quarter (Fortune
               Diversified Industries, Inc.'s fourth fiscal quarter in the case
               of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is
               reasonably likely to materially affect, Fortune Diversified
               Industries, Inc.'s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.   Fortune Diversified Industries, Inc.'s other certifying officer and I have
     disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
     financial reporting, to Fortune Diversified Industries, Inc.'s auditors and
     the audit committee of Fortune Diversified Industries, Inc.'s board of
     directors (or others 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 Fortune
               Diversified Industries, Inc.'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 Fortune
               Diversified Industries, Inc.'s internal control over financial
               reporting.


Date: January 13, 2006                  By: /s/ John F. Fisbeck
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                                            John F. Fisbeck,
                                            Chief Executive Officer