The Verge | Amazon director of engineering Robert Parker departs for Samsung's smart home arm GeekWire The Verge reported Monday that Parker, who previously spent 18 years at Microsoft before taking on the leadership role with Amazon in 2011, is now the senior vice president of engineering for SmartThings. Parker helped lead engineering work on products ... SmartThings poaches Amazon engineering director to start simplifying the smart home Samsung's SmartThings snatches Amazon's director of engineering |