A Certified Quickbooks Pro Advisor is a person who has takent a 16 hour Quickbooks course, and has passed the exam with at least 80% of the questions correct.
A ProAdvisor may be certified in more than one release of Quickbooks Pro, or in other types of software such as Quickbooks Point of Sale or Quickbooks Enterprise.
You can find a Certified Quickbooks Pro Advisor through the Quickbooks website.