EXHIBIT31.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TOSECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I,Wesley R. Edens, certify that:

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| 1.  | I have reviewed thisquarterly report on Form 10-Q for the three month period ended March31, 2005 of Global Signal Inc.; |

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

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| 3.  | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and otherfinancial information included in this report, fairly present in allmaterial respects the financial condition, results of operations andcash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented inthis report; |

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| 4.  | The registrant's other certifyingofficer and I are responsible for establishing and maintainingdisclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have: |

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| (a)  | Designed such disclosure controls andprocedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to bedesigned under our supervision, to ensure that material informationrelating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, ismade known to us by others within those entities, particularly duringthe period in which this report is being prepared; |

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| (b)  | [Paragraph omitted in accordancewith SEC Release No. 33-8238 and 34-47986.] |

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| (c)  | Evaluated the effectiveness of theregistrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented inthis report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosurecontrols and procedures as of the end of the period covered by thisreport based on such evaluation; |

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| (d)  | Disclosed in this report any changein the registrant's internal control over financial reportingthat occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter(the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annualreport) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely tomaterially affect, the registrant's internal control overfinancial reporting; and |

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| 5.  | The registrant's othercertifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recentevaluation, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committeeof registrant's board of directors (or persons performing theequivalent functions): |

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| a)  | Allsignificant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design oroperation of internal control over financial reporting which arereasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability torecord, process, summarize and report financial data and haveidentified for the registrant's auditors any material weaknessesin internal controls; and |

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| b)  | Anyfraud, whether or not material, that involves management or otheremployees who have a significant role in the registrant'sinternal controls over financial reporting. |

Date: May 13,2005

/s/ Wesley R. Edens

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Wesley R. Edens Chief ExecutiveOfficer

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